Nairnshire

British  

/ ˈnɛənˌʃɪə, -ʃə /

noun

1. (until 1975) a county of NE Scotland, now part of Highland

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Example Sentences

William Macmillan, born in Nairnshire, laid out the public parks of Buffalo, and William R. Smith, a native of Haddingtonshire, was for many years Superintendent of the Botanic Gardens at Washington.

From Scotland's Mark on America by Black, George Fraser

In conjunction with Nairnshire the county returns one member to parliament.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

History.—Moray, in the wider sense, was first peopled by Picts of the Gaelic branch of Celts, of whom relics are found in the stone circle at Viewfield and at many places in Nairnshire.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

The county unites with Nairnshire in returning one member to the House of Commons, Pop. 43,427.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various

We get a glimpse of both their majesties in the confessions of Isabella Gowdie, in Aulderne, a parish in Nairnshire, who was indicted for witchcraft in 1662.

From Folk Lore Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century by Napier, James